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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1993
LEGCO TO BE GIVEN TIME TO DISCUSS ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM IS TO GIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994/95 ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A MATTER FOR THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHEN THIS PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, WHEN HE REPLIED TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG SUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ON THE QUESTION OF THE TIMING OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE REMAINING LEGISLATION, MR SZE SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS ΤΟ BE BALANCED.
THESE INCLUDE THE NEED TO GIVE THE CURRENT TALKS WITH CHINA A WIND TO HELP ENSURE THAT THEY ARE BROUGHT TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
FAIR
"BUT WE DO NOT HAVE AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME, HE SAID.
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"THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION MUST BE IN PLACE WELL ELECTIONS ARE DUE, HE ADDED.
BEFORE
THE
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SALE FLAT SCHEME TO SITTING TENANTS SHELVED
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THIS
IN MARCH FLATS TO
THE GOVERNMENT, AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION, DECIDED YEAR THAT THE REVISED APPROACH TO OFFER PUBLIC RENTAL SITTING TENANTS SHOULD NOT BE PURSUED FOR THE PRESENT, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM KUI-CHUN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR BASON SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED
THAT THE REVISED TERMS OF OFFER MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY ATTRACTIVE то PERSUADE SITTING TENANTS TO MOVE INTO HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE NUMBERS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE SCHEME VIABLE.
AS
A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION, THE PROPOSED SCHBMB HAS BEEN SHELVED.
"THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
IS NOW CONSIDERING OTHER
WAYS OF
ACHIEVING THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF INCREASING HOME OWNERSHIP AMONG SITTING TENANTS," HE SAID.
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